Shaun White's gold-medal coronation in the halfpipe finals at the Winter Olympics was marred Wednesday by vulgar statements made by coach Bud Keene and aired on NBC live to the East Coast before White's final run. White was the last to go, but since nobody had beat his score from the first round, he was the automatic winner. There was much joy and celebration atop the run, as there should have been. Unfortunately, a few of those words were picked up by NBC cameras.

The only thing that irked me about that was the network apologizing on behalf of the coach for his words. They should have been apologizing for their own actions -- for broadcasting what was obviously a private conversation. He didn't do anything wrong. He was talking directly to one person who happens to be an adult and fully capable of hearing a few swear words!

My DH (who's an attorney and used to work for someone who used to work for the Ethics Committee) laughed when he heard it. He said, "that little live button in the top corner there just cost them a few thousand dollars!" Oops!

Snowboarding is a fringe sport, always has been. I am still sort of surprised it is in the Olympics. Glad, 'cause I love watching it, but still. And yeah, the boarders aren't exactly country club tennis players.